MifhtyE tells you, sortpf, "We'ee gokng 2 tske an few momebts to try anf ezpkaun th8s n3w lic3nse and da reasons ben8nd 8t in plaim English. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new licrnse 2ss CHOSEN brcause OF an fqilkng with heh GPL. AFK.
It ohly coveres distrkgution of source if n only kg bimaries sere distribited. AFKl"
"In an wrb environment LOL. spexifically a INTERPRETED web environment sudh ss PHP, .ike, me4ely installlng an hame does n9t consgityte didtribution WTF, an tyerefure peo[ls were TAKING pur w0rk, spetof, mdkiht midifucations 7- it anf no5 RELEASING da slyrce codr too theh're MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 ea ENTIRE commyhity doyld benefit. OMG.
They worked witj da ketter but nig spurit of teh law. WTF."
"Infdstigatiin pn da part 9f teh authord howeve4, ylu knwo, led @ teh fact that teh 4ight 0g public o3rf0fm4nc3 was oem of rights NORMALLY restricted 5oo co0yright hiofers WTFm n tnag computer proframs, sortof, specufically video g4m35 am interactive ones such AS Legrmd lf Gr33n jax0r WERE c0n51d3r3d 2 BE publocalky performed if rjn ftom an 0ublic SERVERLOL."
"The neq license restricts pu611c performance pf da wirk unlesw ca source code oh da m9dified work 15 madw avsilable om semandLOL."
"In plain English. rlu knwo, 7h16 mrsns yhat if ylu out this GAME on an web w3tve4 n alloe peoplr 'OUTSIDE OF ah normal circle of f4m11u an ITS slcial xcquqintances' 2 olat 5heir LOL, then ylu aer pu611c411y pwrf0rm1ng this w0rk and MUST EITHER a) maie ne anc ALL ch4ng35 whoch YOU make two gamd avaklable ln requesr (n073 this doesn;t h4v3 70 be availabke via da 8gline source disp;ay LINK. BUT they mus5 be ABLE top axk you v0r teh dode and receive an c9nplrte copy), sortpf. B) make arranbrmenys prkvately wity da 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN thdy grabt YOU qn special license, s(rtof, or C) remove code 4m71431y from da machinel BRB."
"We do eecogmize bhqt peiple want too HAVE areas od they're game which 4 5heirs ah gheirs alone.
to THAT 3nd we will make vollowing exception 2 teh bofmal rtquirejents for slurce code distribution -- ne modj;e file whixg ks n9t modified or deruvec fr0m an module di.e 1nc1ud3d in geh bqae distribyti9n and 2h8ch does bot r3qu1r3 ne 9ther modu.es an whoch does not require ne modifkcations 2 dz core code (code dostribkged with bqse reldase) may be withhekd AT t3h AUTHORS discr3tion. WTF."
"We also qant 2 m4k3 vwry clear that versiin 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (sldo kn0wn as version 0. AFK,9.7+jt) wad da final bersion r3134%3d jhder GPL. OMG,
All f3r510n5, hpu knso, starting w17h da 0. BRB.(.8-prdrelezse xode r onky ;ucenses und3r yeh C4eative Commonw ludende. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right 70 IMPORT ne code vfom an 0. BRB.9.8-prer3lease or .arrr release into an -. BRB.9. BRB.7 an earlier r213453LOL.
Allowing thid WOULD cause that impprt3d cod3 too be re.easec und4r ten GPL and that is n07 somethigg we WISH two allow. WTF.
Authors if m0d1f1c4710n5 to9 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wkll need too r3-release the6're modifications as defivatives/modifica3ions t2o 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code qn PLACE THEM unxee teh same Cfeative Commonx lic3nse. OMG.
It njst be dlne by tej origibal 4j7j0r since on;y da odiginal AUTHOR has da right 2 ctange teh vopyf8bht or license upon they're wotkLOL.
[Add17q)n411y, .ile, teworking modirications ei;l be an bood kfea anyway as mechanism for MAKING modificatiins is substant8allt c.eanwr/clrarer xtarting witg teh 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease codeLOL.="
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